结构过程·礼仪标识·逆推顺述——中国历史人类学研究的三个概念

Structuring,Ritual Marker and Backward Observation from Now——Three Keywords in the Study of Historical Anthropology in China

在中国社会的历史人类学研究的实践过程中,学者们逐渐提出了一些概念,如萧凤霞、刘志伟提出的"结构过程"、科大卫提出的"礼仪标识"等,体现出某种学术自觉。如果说结构过程是我们的研究对象,礼仪标识是研究的切入点,那么逆推顺述就是一种特定的研究方式或技术,也可以视为某种方法论。以此学术自觉为基础,或可对中国历史描绘出一幅新的图像。

In the process of historical anthropological studies on Chinese society,scholars have gradually put forward some concepts,such as structuring by Helen Siu and Liu Zhiwei,and ritual marker by David Faure,which to some extent represents a sort of self-consciousness in scholarship.If we regard the structuring as the object of study,the ritual marker as the entry point,the term backward observation from now should be regarded as a certain methodology.Based on such self-consciousness in scholarship,a new picture of Chinese history could be drawn.